Corset



(ModeL) i L. S. BORTREE.

4 CORSET. No. 248,280; Patented Oct. 18,1881;

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LEWIS S. BORTREE, TOLEDO, OHIO.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,280, dated October 18, 1881. Application filed May 14, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS S. BORTREE, of

Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented an Improvement in Oorsets, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in corsets, whereby the hip-section is made adjustable to varying forms of wearers; and the invention consists, first, in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the side pieces of the corset, in combination with an adjusting-strap of peculiar construction; second, in the peculiar construction of the stay at the bottom of the cutaway portion of one-half the side piece; and, third,- in the combinations of the parts, as more fully hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the side of the corset. Fig. 2 is a detached section of the stay used at the bottom of the fronthalf of the side, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the adjusting-strap.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents the rear half of the side of a corset, B the front half of the same, the two parts being joined by the vertical seam a, and at the front and rear to the back and front pieces of the corset.

In the partA bones are inserted, running from the top to the bottom of the piece ver-- tically. The part B is cutaway, as shown, such cutaway portion forming one-half of a quadrant arch, and is provided with bones extending from the top edge of the corset to the bottom, each successive bone beinglonger than the one preceding it in the series. The lower edge of this part B is bound with a thick corded binding, 0, in order to make a bearing at that point, and preventing the edge of the corset from embedding in the flesh ot' the wearer, such binding forming a cushion to prevent any' such embedding, and atthe same time it acts as a stay within which to secure the lower ends of the bones and prevent their cutting through the fabric.

A strap, D, the width of which at its base to compel it at all times to hold its shape smoothly over the hip, and will be found almost as effectual in preserving the shape of the corset at this point as it there were no cutaway portion and the bones extended from the top of the corset to the bottom.

If preferred, the side piece (represented in the drawings by the two parts AB) may be cut in one piece without departing from the spirit of my invention, and no difficulty will be found in doing this so long asthe vertical bones are employed and the front half of said side piece cut away, as shown in the drawings.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In combination with the front half of a side section of a corset having its lower edge out upon a curved line and provided with vertical bones of varying lengths, the corded binding 0, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a corset, a side section consisting of the parts A B, the latter being cut away on a curved line to form an opening between the twopart-s, in combination with a broad adj usting-strap, I), provided with vertical bones, substantially as and for the purpose specifiedl 3. The corded binding 0, in combination with a corset, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

LEWIS s. BORTREE.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. ScULLY. 

